The situation: I am tired of Poser telling me to reduce the size of the texture sample and the bucket size.I do this time and again and it still tells me to do it.- Not on every render but just enough to be agravating. I don't want to throw out poser- I've spent almost three years between P5 and P6 and I've got alot of money invested. What I want is a second program that can render when Poser won't. Now, Here are the choices: DAZ/Studio- which I have downloaded but not installed yet. Vue D'Esprit 3- on disc from 3d World magazine Maya 5 PLE- on disc from Computer Arts Magazine Both of these are full verisons of the programs. Shade 7- which came with Poser 6. I have the original download file on this one but again, I have not installed it yet. Opinions: Which one has the better render engine? Which one will accept Poser files? I know Vue will accept character and prop files. Will any of them accept Poser Scene Files? I'd appreciate any and all opinions on this.